Watch: First Look at the Gretel A6 now priced $79.99 on AliExpress

Recently born smartphone maker Gretel have just released a “first look” video of their latest Gretel A6 budget phone. You can check it out down below:

In the video we first see a slide show of some Gretel A6 photos where we can definitely admire its premium design, after that we actually get to see the phone hands-on.

The person in the video shows us the phone is running Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box, with some special features added to it. For example you can wave your hand to turn on the display, answer calls, switch pages, photos, songs and FM stations, they call all of these “non-touch gestures”. These features are very useful when your hands aren’t properly clean but you still want to do any of the tasks mentioned above.

Hardware wise, the Gretel A6 comes with a full metal body, 5.5-inch IPS display, MT6737 CPU, 2GB of RAM and 16GB of memory.

If you want to know more, here are its full specifications:

• Display: 5.5 inch IPS LCD 720×1280 HD, 2.5D curved, SHARP
• Design: Full metal body
• Fingerprint: Back Fingerprint 360° TouchID
• Rear Camera: 13MP, Samsung 3L2 Sensor, Auto Focus
• Front Camera: 5MP, Flash Light
• Video: 720P
• OS: Android 6 Marshmallow
• Hardware: MT6737, Quad-Core
• CPU: ARM Cortex-A7
• Memory: 2GB RAM + 16GB ROM, 32GB extendable
• Frequency Band(Mhz):
• FDD(B1/3/7/8/20): 2100/1800/2600/900/800
• WCDMA(B1/8): 2100/900
• GSM(B2/3/5/8)：1900/1800/850/900
• Card Slot: Dual SIM, or Micro SD Card + SIM Card
• WiFi: 802.11 b/g/n
• Bluetooth: 4.0
• GPS: Yes
• Compass/NFC: No
• Sensor: Proximity Sensor, Light Sensor, Gravity Sensor
• Touch: 5-Point Touch
• Battery: 3000mAh non-removable
• Color: Black (Matte Black), Champaign Gold (Brush Finish)
• Dimension: 152.4 x 77.5 x 8.5mm, 192.5g

The Gretel A6 can be found over at AliExpress for just $79.99, during the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival. The promotion starts on May 17th and ends on June 1st with devices already in stock, after that day, price will go back up to $89.99.